Cop Notices Pregnant Woman Shooting Up Heroin in Broad Daylight – Then God Speaks to Him

A New Mexico police officer went far beyond the call of duty in the aftermath of a distressing encounter earlier this year.

According to CNN, Albuquerque officer Ryan Holets noticed a suspicious couple outside of a convenience store in September and observed upon closer inspection that both were injecting heroin in the very public place.

He said he became even more concerned after realizing the apparently drug-dependent woman was noticeably pregnant.

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“It’s not every day I see a sight like that and it just made me really say,” Holets said.

Fox News reported that the interaction between Holets and the expectant mother was caught on his body camera, including his admonishment that she was harming her unborn child.

“Why do you have to be doing that stuff?” he asked 35-year-old Crystal Champ. “It’s going to ruin your baby.”

CNN also spoke to Champ, who said she initially bristled at the harsh words but later realized he was trying to help. As he soon revealed, Holets was willing to help more than Champ could have imagined.

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The two talked for more than 10 minutes. In the end, the officer decided not to cite the man and woman for drug possession but said he felt a push to do more. As his conversation with Champ continued, he began showing her pictures of his family, including his four kids, and followed up with an offer to adopt her baby.

“I was led by God to take the chance,” he said. “God brought us all together. I really don’t have any other way to explain it.”

As it turned out, Holets and his wife, Rebecca, had already been discussing the possibility of adding to their family by adopting a child in the future.

Though they had planned to wait until their youngest child, a 10-month-old, got bigger, Holets said his wife was on board from the moment he shared the life-changing offer he made without her knowledge.

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Rebecca Holets was at a party at the time, he said, and he rushed over to break the news.

“He already knew my heart on the issue,” she said, adding her husband knew she would be supportive.